¹My spirit hath been destroyed, My days extinguished — graves [are] for me.

¹¶ Kua pau toku manawa, moti rawa oku ra, kua rite te urupa moku.

²If not — mockeries [are] with me. And in their provocations mine eye lodgeth.

²He pono he hunga tawai enei kei ahau, a kei roto tonu toku kanohi i a ratou whakakarangitanga.

³Place, I pray Thee, my pledge with Thee; Who is he that striketh hand with me?

³Tena ra, homai he punga ko koe tonu hei whakakapi turanga moku; ko wai hei papaki ringa ki ahau?

⁴For their heart Thou hast hidden From understanding, Therefore Thou dost not exalt them.

⁴Kua huna hoki e koe to ratou ngakau kei mohio; na reira e kore koe e whakaneke ake i a ratou.

⁵For a portion he sheweth friendship, And the eyes of his sons are consumed.

⁵Ko te tangata e whaki ana i ona hoa, he mea mo te utu, ko nga kanohi tonu o ana tamariki e hemo.

⁶And he set me up for a proverb of the peoples, And a wonder before them I am.

⁶Kua meinga hoki ahau e ia hei hahani ma nga iwi; a kua waiho marakerake ahau hei whakaetietinga.

⁷And dim from sorrow is mine eye, And my members as a shadow all of them.

⁷Kua atarua toku kanohi i te tangi, rite tonu ki te atarangi oku wahi katoa.

⁸Astonished are the upright at this, And the innocent against the profane Stirreth himself up.

⁸Ka miharo te hunga tika ki tenei, a ka whakaoho te tangata harakore i a ia ano hei whakahe i te atuakore.

⁹And the righteous layeth hold [on] his way, And the clean of hands addeth strength, And — dumb are they all.

⁹Otiia ka mau te tangata tika ki tona ara, a ko te tangata ringa ma ka neke haere ake te kaha.

¹⁰Return, and come in, I pray you, And I find not among you a wise man.

¹⁰¶ Ko koutou katoa ia tahuri, anga mai nei, e kore hoki tetahi tangata mahara e kitea e ahau i roto i a koutou.

¹¹My days have passed by, My devices have been broken off, The possessions of my heart!

¹¹Kua pahemo oku ra, motumotuhia ake oku whakaaro i whakatakoto ai, tae noa ki nga whakaaro o toku ngakau.

¹²Night for day they appoint, Light [is] near because of darkness.

¹²Ko te po kua meinga e ratou hei ao; ko te marama, e ki ana ratou, e tata tonu ana ki te pouri.

¹³If I wait — Sheol [is] my house, In darkness I have spread out my couch.

¹³Ki te titiro ahau i te reinga hei whare moku; mehemea kua wharikitia e ahau toku moenga ki te pouri;

¹⁴To corruption I have called: — `Thou [art] my father.` `My mother` and `my sister` — to the worm.

¹⁴Mehemea kua karanga ahau ki te pirau, ko koe toku papa; ki te iro ranei, ko koe toku whaea, toku tuahine!

¹⁵And where [is] now my hope? Yea, my hope, who doth behold it?

¹⁵Kei hea ra he tumanakohanga atu moku? A ko taku e tumanako atu ai ko wai e kite?

¹⁶[To] the parts of Sheol ye go down, If together on the dust we may rest.

¹⁶Ka riro ki raro ki nga taha o te reinga, ina whai okiokinga i roto i te puehu.